Road-scraper



(No Model.)

W. I. MENTLEY. ROAD SGRAPBR.

No. 486,566 Patented Nov. 22, 1892.

times States PATENT @FFICE.

WILLIAM F. MENTLEY, OF DEFIANCE, OHIO.

ROAD-SCRAPER.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 486,566, dated November 22, 1892.

Application filed June 23, 1892.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM F. MENTLEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Defiance, in the county of Defiance and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Scraping-Machine, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in scraping-machines, the objects in view being to provide a machine of this class that is of cheap and simple construction, readily adjustable, is light and therefore of easy draft, and is adapted to conveniently and expeditiously scrape roads, form gutters, clean out ditches, (be.

Various other objects and advantages of the invention will appear in the following description, and the novel features thereof will be particularly pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of a machine of this class constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a rear perspective View. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section through one of the scraper-standards.

Like letters of reference indicate like parts in all the figures of the drawings.

In practicing my invention I employ opposite side beams B, which beams are gradually converged toward their front ends, where theymeet, are welded together, and bent to form a hook B. In rear of the point at which they meet the beams are braced apart by means of a transverse brace E the ends of which are bolted to the beams. The rear ends of the beams are upwardly bent and provided with a series of adjusting-holes B 0 designates a pair of standards, which are slotted from their upper ends to points near their lower ends and near their middles are provided with transverse bolt-holes. Between the bifurcations of these standards are introduced therear ends of the beams B, and bolts 0' pass through the perforations in the stand ards and through any one of the bolt-holes in the said beams, whereby the said standards may be adjusted transversely opposite each other or one in advance of the other to a desired extent. The scraper-blade comprises two longitudinal sections, the upper section S being located above the beams B and having its lower edge slotted at S for the passage Serial NOAS'L'Y'YL. (No model.)

therethrough of said beams. Heel-bolts S pass through the upper section and through the two standards 0. The lower section S is located below the beams in front of the two standards and is secured to the same through the medium of heel-bolts S These two sections are preferably formed of wood, and the lower edge of the lower section is provided with a longitudinally-disposed steel scrapingblade S A pair of inverted-U-shaped links A have their terminals embracing the beams 13 neartheir centers and by means of bolts A are pivotally connected at their lower ends to the beams.

E designates a connecting-bar, a pair of which are employed, and these bars have their front ends provided with a series of boltopenings E. The front ends of the bars pass through the inverted-U-shaped links A and are pivotally connected to the same by means of removable bolts E The rear ends of the links are pivotally connected to the upper ends of the standards by bolts E.

H represents a pair of handles, which are of bell-crank shape and above their angles are mounted pivotally upon the bolts E The upper ends of the bell-crank handles are upwardly bent to form hand-grips H, and their lower ends are longitudinally slotted concentric with the bolts, as indicated at H and loosely engage headed bolts H which extend inwardly from the connecting-bars E.

In operation the team is hitched to thehook at the front end of the bail, which is formed by the braces B, and the scraper is dragged along in the usual way. It will be seen that the blade may be adjusted by the advancement of either of the standards, so as to be disposed diagonally to the line of draft, or by locating said standards directly opposite each other, each in transverse alignment, the blade is at a right angle to the line of draft. By adjusting the connecting-bars E with relation to the links A it will be seen that the connections between the upper ends of the standards and the draft-beams may vary in length, and hence the standards incline more or less, and they, carrying the scraper-blade, will communicate to the latter a corresponding or similar inclination. By pressing down upon the handles it will be obvious that the rearward the rear ends of said standards-so that the scraper-blade will be inclined from top to bottom, and hence will pass readily over the load in front of it.

Thescraper is adapted to efficiently operate upon roads or'for the formation of. gut

ters or ditches and is especially successful in the latter operation and in cleaning the same, inasmuchv as by drawing the scraper transverse to the ditch or at a right angle thereto'the sides or edges of the same are smoothed and made regular, and by operating the scraper to dump at proper points the edges ofthe ditch are built up or, in other words; deepened.

Having described my invention, what I:

claim is 1. Ida scraping-inachine, the combination, with opposite beams and the standards pivotally connected intermediate theiri ends tov the rear. ends of the beams;of ai scraping blade'securedto the. standards, inverted-U shaped links pivoted to each of the-beams, connecting-bars between the upper ends of the standards and links, said con fleeting-barsbeing provided; witha series of adjustingholes, andbolts-connecting the links-and bars and standards an d bars, substantially as speci fied.

2. In a-scraping-machine, the combination, with a pair of opposite beams provided near their rear ends with a series'of perforations, of standards loosely receiving the rear endsof the beams, bolts for adjustably connecting the standards with the beams, and-adjustable:

connecting devicesbetween the upper ends of the standards and the beams, substantially asspecifiedr 3: Ina-scrapingmachine,thecombination,

with the opposite beams terminating at their front ends in a draft-hook, of the opposite,

standards adjustably mounted on the beams and extending. above and below 'thesame, the scraper-blade secured to the front faces of the standards, the inverted- U shaped links pivotally connected to the beams in front of the blade, and the connecting-bars adjustably connected'to the li'nksand pivotally connected to the upper ends of the standards, substantially as specified.

4. The combination, with the opposite beams, a pair of standards pivotally connected to the rear ends thereof, and the blade connected to the front faces of the standards, of opposit'e handle-levers of bell-crank shape pivoted to the upper ends of the standards and provided in their front branches with slots and studsextending't'hrough the bars and through the slots and connecting-bars between the upper ends of the standards andi beams, said-barshaving. studs engagingithc slots'of the levers and'pivotally' connect'edat their ends to the beams and standards substantially' as specified.

5; Inaseraping-machine, the combination, withithe opposite beams, the bifnroatedstande ,ards, andtbolts pivotallyconnecting the standards betweenitheirends with the rear endsof the beams,. the upper and lowe1' 'scraper-blade sections, heel-bolts passing throughltheasameand through the standards, the upper section beingv slotted-for the passageofthe. beams, .of the inverted- U -shaped linksembracing and' pivoted attheir lower ends to intermediate,

;bars, and bell-crankilevers f ulcru med above:

atheir angles upon the bolts with connecting.-- Ebars andstandards-saidv levers havingtheir lupper ends inwardly bent to for-m handles Fand their front branches slotted concentric with their. pivot-point and loosely receiving. ?the headed studs of the connecting-barasub-- stantiallyl as specified;

In' testimouythat I claim the foregoing: as

my ownI ha-vehereto'alfixed my signaturein. thepresence of two Witnesses.

VVl LLIAM F; M ENTLEY.

Witnesses:

.LB. Woons, S. M. CAMERON.

points of the beams, the per forated connect-- 

